The form factor of high-end handsets has changed almost beyond recognition in the past few years, along with the user experience. This change is being led by the adoption of large touchscreens, which have revolutionized the way users interact with their phones, and the functions that can be supported.
Handsets represent the largest device category driving touchscreen growth, and many of the innovations will take place in this market – whether driving down the price or introducing new technologies for an enhanced experience. By 2015, ARCchart forecasts that over half of handsets shipped will sport touchscreens of various types, creating a market of almost 900 million units.
Topics of coverage include:
- Factors driving touchscreen adoption
- Smartphone OS touch support
- Touch optimized user interfaces
- Review of OEM touchscreen activity
- Impact on the device form factor
- Screen size and resolution
- Resistive versus capacitive touch technologies
- Next-generation touch-sensing technology
- Touchscreen components vendor review
- Forecast and market sizing
Companies mentioned, discussed or reviewed include:
3M
Acer
AMT
Apple
AT&T
Atmel
AU Optonics
Avago
Balda
Bridgestone
Broadcom
BYD
Cypress
Dell
Displax
E Ink
EETI
ELO TouchSystems
Freescale
Fujitsu
Giant Plus
Gigabyte
Google
HannStar
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Hitachi
HP
HTC
Huawei
InnoLux
Input Dynamics
Intel
IRTouch
Lenovo
LG
LG Display
Liquavista
Microsoft
Motorola
Neonode
Nokia
Palm
Pixel Qi
Qualcomm
RIM
RITdisplay
RPO Inc.
Samsung
Samsung Mobile Displays
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Sensitive Object
Sharp
Shenzhen Tianma
Sintek
Sitronix
Sony
Sony Display
Sony Ericsson
Sprint
Stantum
STMicroelectronics
Symbian
Synaptics
Texas Instruments
T-Mobile
Toshiba
Toshiba Mobile Display
Touch International
TPO Display
Truly
Tyco
Verizon
Wintek
ZTE
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Answers and opinions are provided with respect to the following essential questions:
- How quickly will capacitive replace resistive technology?
- How will the market value of touchscreen components evolve over the coming five years?
- Which display vendor has the largest market share?
- What proportion of phones will ship with a 4-inch display by 2015?
- How will current AMOLED shortages affect the display market?
- How big will the non-smartphone touchscreen market be?
- How will touchscreens impact the prevalence of QWERTY keyboards?
- What is the outlook from Nokia's touchscreen strategy?
- What proportion of non-smartphones will have a touchscreen by 2015?
- Who are the main LCD display suppliers?